ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Abā Buṭayn

ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Sulṭān ibn Ḫamīs Abā Buṭayn (Arabic: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ سُلْطَانِ بْنِ خَمِيسٍ أَبَا بُطَيْنٍ; 1780–1865) known simply as Abā Buṭayn, was a Muslim scholar and jurist, belonging to the Hanbali school of thought. A supporter of the Wahhabi movement, he was a critic of the famous Qasīdat al-Burda poem that is popular amongst Sufis. He was also the great-grandfather of Saleh al-Fawzan, the fourth and current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.

Biography 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Sultan ibn Hamis was born in 1780 in Sudair, an area in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula. In adulthood, he travelled to Syria to study religion with his teacher Muhammad ibn Tarad al-Dusari and later he also studied with clerics of the Wahhabi movement. Upon his return to Najd, he was appointed as the Qadi (Islamic judge) by Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud, ruler of the Second Saudi State.

Support of Wahhabism Aba Butayn was a staunch supporter of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab and the Wahhabi movement, having studied under Wahhabi clerics. He supported the Wahhabis' militaristic campaigns, believing that it was necessary because its opponents were polytheists. Influenced by the Wahhabi views on Sufism, Aba Butayn wrote a two-volume treatise refuting the Qasīdat al-Burda, a popular poem that was written and composed by the scholar al-Busiri.

Works Mukhtaṣar Badā'i al-Fawa'id (Treatise on The Wonders of Benefits) Al-Radd ʿalā al-Burda (A Response to the Burda)